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33691 Quigley -- rank: 1000

Mikalac Norman S NSSC wrote: >can you explain the meaning of "posted froma nonsub'd address"? people can >post w/o being subscribed? No. Posts from a nonsubscriber bounce to me. But if I recognize the name as someone who subscribes from another address, I forward it. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 6 09:51:36 PDT 2000

33692 "seminal" texts in feminist economics -- rank: 1000

I forwarded the query about "seminal" texts in feminist economics to Heather Boushey, who listed: >rational economic man, by nelson and ferber. >economics and feminism, by randy albelda Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 6 09:43:42 PDT 2000

33693 Edison: can they make money? -- rank: 1000

[A chart of Edison's stock price is at <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=edsn&d=b>.] Barron's Online - September 5, 2000 Edison Stock May Need to Go Back to School By Dimitra DeFotis Back in the early 1990s, Christopher Whittle was getting a lot of buzz. The former publisher of Esquire magazine, Whittle was probably best known for bringing Channel One -- televised in-school news -- to eight million kids across America. But in 1992, he lured education heavyweights to Knoxville, TN to help l ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 16:55:19 PDT 2000

33694 FW: Bundesbank mocks US IT book-cooking -- rank: 1000

Seth Ackerman wrote: >What are the equivalent numbers for U.S. IT equipment investment growth >since 1991? I'm dying to know! The BEA publishes a spreadsheet on computer spending in the NIPAs, along with every GDP. The latest is at <http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn/comp-gdp.exe>. Between the first quarter of 1990 and the second quarter of 2000, nominal private investment in computers was up 195% - and 2084% in real terms. 195 2084 >Also, why does Grant say these figures can't >be ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 14:56:45 PDT 2000

33695 car exhaust kills -- rank: 1000

[The full article is at <http://www.thelancet.com/newlancet/reg/issues/vol356no9232/body.article795.html>. Free, but it requres registration.] Public-health impact of outdoor and traffic-related air pollution: a European assessment Lancet 2000; 356: 795 - 801 Download PDF (117 Kb) N Künzli, R Kaiser, S Medina, M Studnicka, O Chanel, P Filliger, M Herry, F Horak Jr, V Puybonnieux-Texier, P Quénel, J Schneider, R Seethaler, J-C Vergnaud, H Sommer --------------------------------------------- ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 12:48:06 PDT 2000

33696 Doug in NY Press -- rank: 1000

kelley wrote: >>Yes, it’s true there was all kinds of political ferment in the >>1930s-though in places like Germany and Italy it took a rather >>uncongenial form. > >whooooops! are we doing the fascism has it's roots in working class >thang here, ignoring the research regarding the role of the landed >elite and the rising professional/managerial classes? i'll admit >that gunter remmling warped my brain on this topic, so pls >enlighten..... Not at all. This ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 12:04:51 PDT 2000

33697 Patrick Bond in NYC -- rank: 1000

Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 13:11:02 -0400 From: Brecht Forum <brecht at people-link.com> Subject: Special Event Not Listed in our Calendar Anti-Globalization Struggle in Post-apartheid South Africa Please join us for a special evening with Patrick Bond September 6 7:30pm The Brecht Forum 122 West 27th St., 10th Floor NYC Sliding Scale $6-10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anti-Globalization Struggle in Post-apartheid South Africa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Patrick Bond is As ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 10:37:42 PDT 2000

33698 Quigley and a question about Ideology -- rank: 1000

kelley wrote: >sorry about that! gte was wacking out, wouldn't let me download >mail, but i could send. was assuming it was bouncing of >majordomo at panix too, so i unsubbed gte. and resubbed under new >interpact acct and then promptly forget that factoid once gte >started working again. > >question from another list, below. i told kmat about hawkes' book. >however, i remember reading an article that was all about the >various uses of the words ideology. i was an ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 10:35:59 PDT 2000

33699 Nader & gays -- rank: 1000

Washington Blade September 1, 2000 http://www.washblade.com 'Voting my dreams, not my fears' Green Party supporters argue that Nader is a good choice for Gays by Tom McGeveran He's been blasted by a leading Gay Democrat for "steadfastly" ignoring Gay issues. He's been the target of a political resolution that has deemed him a Johnny-come-lately on Gay issues. And though consumer advocate Ralph Nader has been a candidate for president before (in 1996), as the Green Party's nominee this ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 07:32:40 PDT 2000

33700 IP (was Re: Martin Mayer) -- rank: 1000

Mikalac Norman S NSSC wrote: >novice needs help: what is "IP"? Intellectual property, specifically the protection of - shorthand for things like copyright, trademarks, patents, etc. The U.S. government is extremely hot to tighten up IP protections through the WTO and other international forums, to protect our computer, software, drug, and entertainment industries. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 06:14:19 PDT 2000

33701 Quigley -- rank: 1000

[posted from a non-sub'd address] Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 22:44:27 -0400 To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com, LBO <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> From: kelley <kwalker2 at gte.net> Subject: Re: Why You've Never Heard of Carroll Quigley In-Reply-To: <B5D997EF.149C3%fancher at pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed WOW! Quigley was a heck of a functionalist! weeeoooo! I can see how, in part, his obscurity can be attributed ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 5 05:51:35 PDT 2000

33702 FBI on Einstein -- rank: 1000

Chris Burford wrote: >>Einstein was a member, sponsor, or affiliated with >>thirty-four communist fronts between 1937-1954. He also >>served as honorary chairman for three communist >>organizations. > > >I still think there is an idealist streak to his thinking. Huh? Doug

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33703 W calls NYT reporter "asshole" -- rank: 1000

[following in the footsteps of Larry Summers...] Bush insults reporter who wrote critical articles NAPERVILLE, Ill. (Reuters) - George W. Bush, who has promised to bring a new tone of civility to politics, displayed little warmth for a reporter Monday, whispering to his running mate that the journalist was a "major league asshole." The Republican presidential nominee was unaware his microphone was live when he leaned over to Dick Cheney at a Labor Day rally and said, "There's Adam ...

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Date:	Mon Sep 4 14:36:47 PDT 2000

33704 _New Left Review_ -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: >...And the rest I really don't know. Gopal Balakrishnan, Tom Mertes, >Julian Stallabrass, and Susan Watkins. What hae they written that I >should have read by now? Stallabrass has a highly entertaining newish book on contemporary Brit art, High Art Lite. Published by Verso, of course. Doug

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Date:	Mon Sep 4 14:18:27 PDT 2000

33705 It's Labor Day... -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky wrote: >Press release and other goodies are at: >Click on http://www.epinet.org/books/swa2000/index.html >It's all up there now. It's a damn fine book. EPI is about the only DC think tank that actually does serious and original research in any quantity, and they're on the side of the angels. What would we do without 'em? Hell, Max might have to teach even. Doug

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